Table 2.

Characteristics of the Peptic Ulcer

Ulcer characteristics	Symptomatic PUD (n=124)	Asymptomatic PUD (n=309)	p-value
Location			0.692
Gastric ulcer alone	81 (65.3)	215 (69.6)
Duodenal ulcer alone	30 (24.2)	64 (20.7)
Both	13 (10.5)	30 (9.7)
Number			0.867
Single ulcer	109 (87.9)	275 (89.0)
Multiple ulcers	15 (12.1)	34 (11.0)
Stage			0.003
Active stage	39 (31.5)	56 (18.1)
Healing stage	85 (68.5)	253 (81.9)

PUD, peptic ulcer disease.

All data were presented as number (%) and analyzed by the chi-square test. The significant results are highlighted in bold.